Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

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"This is Zhou Zhiruo, Lin Shiyin, Yue Lingshan, and Shui Sheng. They are all from the Ming Dynasty."

Chen Liu introduced the women to Zhou Botong one by one. Zhou Botong pulled Chen Liu aside and whispered, "Brother, with so many wives, do you still have time to practice martial arts?"

Chen Liu smiled and said, "Brother Zhou knows me well. I can memorize any martial arts after seeing it once, and I can master it after practicing it twice. It doesn't take that long at all."

Zhou Botong: ...

"Brother Zhou, today is your first time meeting your sister-in-law. You can't not give her a gift, right?" Chen Liu said with a smile, "It doesn't need anything. Just teach them the art of fighting with both hands."

Zhou Botong: ...

It turned out that Chen Liu brought his wife here to learn the art of fighting with both hands from him.

Chapter 254: Fighting Left and Right (Part )

The art of simultaneous left-right combat is not easy to learn. As the saying goes, "One cannot use two minds at once," and another goes, "If you draw a square with your left hand and a circle with your right, you cannot form a perfect pattern."

This dual-handed combat technique requires the mind to function in two ways. Practice begins with "left hand drawing a square, right hand drawing a circle." One mind maintains inner focus while the other wanders outward, performing different martial arts techniques with both hands. The skill of each hand is as great as using both simultaneously. When facing an enemy, double-handed combat is equivalent to unleashing the might of two with one. This naturally doubles one's martial arts power, allowing internal energy to flow independently from one another. While internal strength and true qi may not double, the technique significantly improves.

To master the art of "double-strike" (Double-Handed Fighting), one must possess a pure heart. Therefore, those with simple minds and inexperienced in worldly matters are more likely to master it, while those with active minds and cunning minds find it more difficult to master. A typical example is that the dim-witted Guo Jing was able to master it, while the intelligent Huang Rong could never achieve it. Xiaolongnu, also due to her inexperience and pure heart, was able to master it, and she was also the fastest to learn it.

Chen Liu also knew that to learn the art of simultaneous left-right combat, one must first draw a square and a circle. But being able to draw a square and a circle was only the first step. To truly master the art of simultaneous left-right combat, the most important skill was to separate the internal energy and circulate it to the left and right without interfering with each other. Perhaps he could master it with a period of study, but since he already had a ready-made teacher, why bother to learn it himself?

Of course, Chen Liu knew that not many people could master the art of fighting with both hands, perhaps even one in a hundred, given its demanding requirements. He simply wanted to see if any of the girls around him could learn it.

Huang Rong has a high IQ, Zhou Zhiruo is thoughtful, Mu Wanqing has no patience, Ah Zhu has a lot of evil thoughts, Mu Nianci, Zhong Ling, Yue Lingshan and Shui Sheng are not pure in mind and soul. In the end, only Wang Yuyan, Lin Shiyin and Ah Bi can draw a complete square and circle at the same time.

Chen Liu was surprised to find that Wang Yuyan could also draw a square and a circle simultaneously. He had originally assumed that Wang Yuyan would never be able to learn. But after pondering for a moment, he began to understand. While Wang Yuyan's comprehension was exceptional, she wasn't as cunning as Huang Rong. Furthermore, Wang Yuyan had always been a bit stubborn and obsessed with love. In the original novel, even without martial arts skills, Wang Yuyan was quite innocent.

Lin Shiyin has a somewhat aloof personality and dislikes competition. She prefers a quiet and peaceful life, and doesn't dwell on many things. A-Bi is delicate, innocent, and naive, and doesn't dwell on many things either. For now, as long as she can stay by Chen Liu's side, she's content. It's precisely because of these personalities that they've mastered the art of fighting both sides.

Chen Liu can also learn it, after all, he has a system.

Huang Rong was frustrated by her inability to learn the art of simultaneous left-handed combat, and Mu Wanqing was even more furious. She kept drawing circles on the ground in a fit of rage. But no matter how hard she tried, the effect only worsened. Furious, she threw her stick to the ground and stomped on it several times. With her personality, it was even more impossible for her to learn.

"Okay, okay Wanqing, if you can't learn it, then you can't learn it. Rong'er and Zhiruo didn't learn it either." Chen Liu comforted Mu Wanqing.

Huang Rong:......

Zhou Zhiruo: ...

How could it be the same? Mu Wanqing muttered to herself.

Wang Yuyan had always considered herself the eldest wife of the Chen family, and Chen Liu seemed to accept this. But Mu Wanqing wasn't convinced. Wasn't Wang Yuyan just lucky to have a grandfather who taught her martial arts? If it weren't for her grandfather, Mu Wanqing was confident she was no worse than Wang Yuyan. As long as she quietly accumulated strength, she would one day surpass her. But now Wang Yuyan had mastered the art of double combat, which meant she could defeat two at once. Wouldn't that make it even harder for her to defeat her? It would be strange for Mu Wanqing to be happy.

Seeing Chen Liu comforting the angry Mu Wanqing, Zhou Botong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. This was why he didn't want to get married. Marrying a wife was so tiring. When a woman was angry, he had to comfort her. Eleven women were angry, so wouldn't all of them have to be comforted? The thought of that scene made Zhou Botong's scalp tingle and he shuddered all over.

If he had that kind of skills, he might as well use it to study kung fu.

After that, Chen Liu continued to visit Zhou Botong frequently, exchanging martial arts lessons with him. Thanks to Chen Liu, Zhou Botong's treatment on Peach Blossom Island was much better than before. Aside from being unable to leave the cave, the quality of his wine and food was significantly improved, and he even enjoyed delicious meals prepared by Huang Rong.

"Brother." One day, Zhou Botong hesitated for a long time, but after a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and asked, "Do you want to learn the Nine Yin Manual?"

"Nine Yin Scriptures?" Chen Liu was stunned for a moment. He had almost given up, but he didn't expect Zhou Botong to suddenly bring it up.

"Alas!" Zhou Botong sighed and said, "My senior brother won't let me learn, but I'm itching to see the skills. Since my senior brother won't let me learn, then I'll let you learn. After you learn it, show it to me so I can have a look."

Although Chen Liu once refuted his senior brother's argument that the "Nine Yin Scriptures" was harmful, Zhou Botong had promised his senior brother not to learn the skills in it, so he was still unwilling to learn it.

After thinking for a while, Chen Liu nodded and said, "I really want to see what the Nine Yin Manual is like."

Zhou Botong turned and walked into the cave. He took out the first half of the Nine Yin Manual that he had buried in the cave, handed it to Chen Liu, and said, "Here you go."

The first half of the Nine Yin Scriptures contains the general outline and internal power techniques, including the Beidou technique, the I Ching bone-strengthening chapter, the healing chapter, the acupoint-pressing chapter, the secret of releasing acupoints, the secret of holding the breath, the method of contracting tendons and bones, the flying catkins power, the snake-like crawling and cat-like flipping, the soul-transferring method, the ghost prison's cold wind, etc.

The "General Outline" is the final chapter of the first volume of the Nine Yin Scriptures. Written in a transliteration of Sanskrit, it is incredibly profound, capable of transforming illusions encountered by practitioners into magical powers. It also corrects the Taoist martial arts' tendency to prioritize the feminine. The "General Outline" explicitly states that "extreme Nine Yin" is a calamity, and its purpose is to correct this flaw and achieve the harmonious harmony of yin and yang.

There is nothing much to say about Beidou Dafa.

Chen Liu's most prized possession was the I Ching Bone Tempering Chapter. Mastering this chapter could improve a common person's martial arts aptitude, with the weaker the aptitude, the greater the improvement. Some of the girls around Chen Liu, such as Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, Hong Lingbo, Lu Wushuang, Lin Shiyin, Shui Sheng, and Yue Lingshan, were less gifted. If they could learn the I Ching Bone Tempering Chapter, their cultivation would improve at a much faster rate.

As for the Great Law of Soul Transfer, it involves spiritual skills, while the Ghost Prison Yinfeng belongs to the sonic power.

Chen Liu had already obtained the second volume, which mainly recorded the martial arts moves in the Nine Yin Scriptures, such as the White Python Whip Technique, Nine Yin Claws, Heart-Destroying Palm, Golden Bell Cover, Waving Five Strings, Great Demon-Subduing Fist, etc.

Chapter 255 Grandmaster

At the entrance of the cave where Zhou Botong lived, Chen Liu and Zhou Botong were fighting fiercely, one outside the cave and the other inside.

Both of them used the art of fighting with both hands, and they not only fought each other, but also fought themselves. The four hands were like four people, using different martial arts moves, sometimes attacking each other, and sometimes Chen Liu's left hand and Zhou Botong's right hand would form an alliance to attack his right hand and Zhou Botong's left hand, starting a large-scale indiscriminate melee.

Chen Liu and Zhou Botong had experienced this kind of chaotic fight many times, and Chen Liu found it very interesting. Moreover, Zhou Botong's cultivation level was higher than his, so he could attack him without hesitation, using this method to learn from him and increase his practical combat experience. In his sparring with Wang Yuyan, Wang Yuyan always gave him the upper hand, and was reluctant to hit him, making Chen Liu's fighting difficult. Although Zhou Botong would not actually hurt him, he did fight him, often jokingly throwing him down or spanking him.

Zhou Botong was even more delighted, having a blast. If Chen Liu only played with him for an hour at most, otherwise he would have to go back to be with his wife, Zhou Botong would have wanted to fight him all the time.

At the beginning, Zhou Botong had to give in to Chen Liu. After all, Chen Liu's cultivation level was lower than his. But when Chen Liu learned the I Ching Bone Tempering Chapter and opened up the eighth extraordinary meridian in one fell swoop, breaking through to the peak of the innate realm, and then directly breaking through to the Grandmaster realm, even though Chen Liu's cultivation level was three small realms lower than his, he was barely able to compete with him. Therefore, the two of them fought more vigorously in the four-way melee.

Chen Liu, however, leapt directly past the peak of the Xiantian realm and broke through to the Grandmaster realm, shocking Wang Yuyan, Lianxing, Shi Feixuan, and Qin Mengyao. Geniuses who transcended a small realm and broke through like this were not uncommon, but they were extremely rare, rarely seen in a thousand years. However, when the women thought of Chen Liu's uniqueness, they felt relieved. Their husbands were from outer space, with immortals as their backers, so wasn't it normal for him to progress quickly? It took him nearly a year to reach the Grandmaster realm, and they already felt it was slow.

After breaking through to the Grandmaster realm, Chen Liu's mental power also skyrocketed, and the range of his spiritual awareness also expanded rapidly, from one zhang to two zhang, two zhang to three zhang, four zhang, until the range of his spiritual awareness reached about ten zhang, and then it stopped.

This also surprised Chen Liu immensely. He had learned from Wang Yuyan and Lianxing that the range of a Grandmaster's consciousness at an early stage varied depending on the individual's mental strength and the cultivation method they practiced, generally ranging from two to three feet. Those reaching three feet were considered quite impressive. Later, as their cultivation level increased and their mental strength grew, their range of consciousness would continue to expand. However, a Grandmaster's range, with the exception of those practicing spiritual cultivation methods, rarely exceeded ten feet. Chen Liu had just broken through to the Grandmaster stage, and his consciousness had already reached ten feet—many times that of an average Grandmaster. How could he not be delighted?

Of course, Chen Liu also knew he was special. The reason his mental power was so powerful, and he already had divine consciousness at the Xiantian stage, was likely because the system optimized his body and brain during his time traveling, allowing him to possess the abilities of a Grandmaster at the Xiantian stage. This was also the reason why he immediately broke through to the Grandmaster stage after reaching the peak of the Xiantian stage.

"Stop, time's up." When Chen Liu saw that the time was almost up, he stopped and jumped out of the circle.

"Hey? Hey! Brother, you..." Zhou Botong didn't know what to say. He was enjoying the fight. Chen Liu was about to go back to accompany his wife, but he didn't know what to say.

Even though Chen Liu had more than a dozen women, they were all learning martial arts faster than him, which made him even more depressed.

"Okay, Brother Zhou, I'll be leaving in a few days." Chen Liu sat down at the entrance of the cave and smiled at Zhou Botong.

"Are you leaving? Where are you going?" Zhou Botong asked after a moment of surprise.

"Go to the Great Sui Dynasty."

"What are you going to do in the Sui Dynasty?"

"Something happened."

Zhou Botong opened his mouth, almost crying. If Chen Liu left, wouldn't he be a different person again? But Chen Liu had something to do, and he couldn't stop him from doing it, could he?

"Brother Zhou, if you feel lonely, why don't you go find Yinggu?" Chen Liu said with a smile.

"No, no." Zhou Botong shook his head like a rattle and said, "Women are really too troublesome."

"But you can't just keep her waiting like this, can you? Besides, she's not just studying the Five Elements and the Eight Diagrams and the Qimen Dunjia. She wants to come to Peach Blossom Island to save you, she also wants to kill Emperor Duan." Chen Liu said, "Although Emperor Duan doesn't care, Yinggu's martial arts are not good, but she can use poison. Over time, it's inevitable that she will get hurt, either her or Emperor Duan. In serious cases, her life may be in danger. You don't want to see her get hurt, do you?"

"Ah, this..." After Chen Liu said this, Zhou Botong didn't know how to refute.

"Hey! Let me take another look... Ah! There's a snake!" Chen Liu was trying to persuade Zhou Botong when he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the grass in the distance, which made Zhou Botong scream in surprise. As soon as he finished speaking, strange sounds arose, as if a group of snakes were approaching.

Although Zhou Botong's martial arts skills were superb, he was most afraid of mollusks such as snakes and insects. Maybe he had been bitten by a snake when he was a child, but when he heard the sound of snakes and insects swimming, he was scared out of his wits and ran back to the cave in a hurry, and even moved a huge rock to block the cave entrance.

Chen Liu:......

In fact, Chen Liu was also confused. What was going on? A swarm of snakes came together. Isn't this the scene in the original novel where Ouyang Feng brought Ouyang Ke to Peach Blossom Island to propose marriage?

But in this world, because of Chenliu, Huang Rong didn't show up in Jin Dadu, and Ouyang Ke had never met Huang Rong either. How could this happen? Perhaps Ouyang Feng came to Peach Blossom Island for something else?

But no matter the reason, since it was most likely Ouyang Feng, he had to go and see him. And since Ouyang Feng had come to him, how could Chen Liu be polite? Wouldn't he just kill Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Ke and keep them around for the New Year?

Currently, there are two Grandmasters on Peach Blossom Island, Wang Yuyan and Lianxing. Adding the newly promoted Grandmaster Chenliu, there are a total of three Grandmasters. And since Huang Yaoshi happened to be away, no one could stop him from killing Ouyang Feng. It was just his bad luck.

Thinking of this, Chen Liu immediately stood up and said to the cave entrance: "Brother Zhou, I'll go take a look."

Zhou Botong said from behind the huge rock blocking the cave entrance, "Be careful! Go quickly and come back soon. I don't think you need to look anywhere. What's so interesting about poisonous snakes? How... how can there be so many snakes? I've been on Peach Blossom Island for over ten years, and I've never seen a snake before. Something must have gone wrong! Huang Lao Xie boasts of his immense magical powers, but he's made a mess of even tiny Peach Blossom Island. Turtles, turtles, poisonous snakes, centipedes, everything has crawled up here."

Chen Liu smiled faintly, unconcerned. He quietly moved in the direction of the snake noises, hiding behind a tree and watching. He saw thousands of green snakes slithering forward in a long line. Over a dozen men in white, holding long poles, drove the snakes away, constantly picking up the green snakes that had escaped and returning them to the line.

Chapter 256 Ouyang Feng Steals His Sister-in-law (Part )

Seeing this, Chen Liu thought to himself, "It really is Ouyang Feng's snake slave. It seems that Ouyang Feng has indeed arrived. But what is Ouyang Feng doing on Peach Blossom Island?"

Knowing that Ouyang Feng had arrived, Chen Liu was not afraid. He quietly slipped out from behind the tree and ran forward towards the center of the island.

Chen Liu was now a Grandmaster, and even against Zhou Botong, he could fight back and forth. And this was just a game between them, not a serious one. If he were to fight Zhou Botong for real, using his strongest Dugu Nine Swords and the deadly Fourteenth Sword, not even Zhou Botong would dare to hold back.

After Chen Liu reached the Grandmaster realm, he was able to fully unleash the Fourteenth Deadly Sword, unleashing its full power. The power of a Grandmaster unleashing the Fourteenth Deadly Sword was far superior to the Fourteenth Sword he had unleashed when he was still in the Innate Realm; it was several times more powerful. Of course, the energy consumption was also immense. Even now, Chen Liu could only unleash it three or four times before his energy level was depleted.

Chen Liu bypassed the snake team and followed the correct way to walk through the Peach Blossom Island maze. He ran for several miles in the woods, and turned a hill. A large grassland appeared in front of him. To the north of the grassland was a row of bamboo forests, to the east was a forest, and to the west and south were peach forests.

Chen Liu crossed the meadow and entered a bamboo forest. At the edge of the forest stood a pavilion constructed of bamboo branches. A banner above it read "Jicui Pavilion," and on either side hung a couplet: "A divine sword soars in the shadows of peach blossoms; a jade flute hums as the tide rises in the azure sea." Inside the pavilion stood a bamboo table and chairs, all ageless and yellowed with wear. Side by side, two ancient pine trees, said to be hundreds of years old, grew side by side, their branches twisted and twisted.

Lin Shiyin and Ah Bi were playing chess in the Jicui Pavilion, occasionally sipping tea, a truly leisurely scene. Beside them sat Ah Zhu and Shui Sheng. Shui Sheng rested her chin on her hand, gazing blankly at the bamboo outside the pavilion. Shui Sheng had no interest in the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting; she was only interested in martial arts. However, due to her limited aptitude, her martial arts skills were not very advanced. If Chen Liu hadn't taught her the "Small Wuxiang Gong" and later the "I Ching Bone Strengthening Chapter," her cultivation might still be at the second-rate level.

"Husband (Brother Chen Liu)!" Seeing Chen Liu coming back, Lin Shiyin and A Bi quickly put down the chess pieces, and A Zhu and Shui Sheng also quickly stood up to greet him.

"You go back first. There are outsiders here, and they may have bad intentions." Chen Liu said.

"Outsider?" Lin Shiyin was stunned.

"Right." Chen Liu nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll wait here. You go back and tell Yuyan, Rong'er, Nianci, Wanqing, Ling'er, Zhiruo, and the others to come over. Also call Lianxing, Shi Feixuan, Qin Mengyao, Wanwan, and the others."

After switching to the "Small Wuxiang Gong" and learning the "I Ching Bone Strengthening Chapter," Zhou Zhiruo had recently broken through to the Xiantian stage. Chen Liu had called on everyone in his family who was above the Xiantian stage, including Lianxing and Shi Feixuan, as they had free labor, so why not use it?

"Okay." Ah Zhu nodded immediately, turning around and running back with Ah Bi, Lin Shiyin, and Shui Sheng using Qing Gong. Chen Liu was already a Grandmaster, but he still asked them to bring along Yu Yan, Lian Xing, Huang Rong, and other sisters whose strength was above Xiantian. This showed that the strength of these people was not low, definitely above their husbands.

Beyond the bamboo forest, they reached the Peach Blossom Island estate. Seeing Jiang Yuyan and Hong Lingbo exchanging blows with the Thirteen Deadly Swords under a willow tree by the lake, Ah Zhu asked, "Yuyan, Lingbo, where are Sister Yuyan, Sister Nianci, Sister Wanqing, and Sister Rong'er?"

Seeing Ah Zhu asking, Jiang Yuyan quickly sheathed her sword and replied, "Sister Yuyan, Sister Lianxing, Sister Feixuan, Sister Mengyao, and Sister Wanwan are on the top of the mountain. Sister Rong'er and Sister Nianci are in the kitchen. Sister Wanqing, Sister Ling'er, and Sister Zhiruo are all in the courtyard."

Ah Zhu turned around and said to Ah Bi, Lin Shiyin and the other girls, "I'll go to the top of the mountain to look for Sister Yuyan. Sister Shiyin will go and call Sister Rong'er. Ah Bi will go and call Sister Wanqing and Sister Ling'er."

"What about me?" Shui Sheng asked.

Ah Zhu said, "As you wish."

Shui Sheng: ...

After receiving the warning from Chenliu, Wang Yuyan, Huang Rong, Lianxing and other girls put down what they were doing and rushed to Jicui Pavilion as fast as possible.

"Husband, what's going on?" Wang Yuyan asked.